July 2011

After a life spent in the glass industry with different roles, Peter Pearson has passed away on July 26th at the age of 75.Peter started his career in the glass industry when he was 17 years old, as an apprentice with Jackson Bros in Knottingley, he then went to Emhart Glass and moved in different positions from service engineer to training till Managing Director of Emhart UK. For the past 20 years Peter has been the Bottero man in the UK.All those who met him remember his enthusiasm and his positive approach to work and to life which was contagious. Things didn’t just happen when he was around, it was always interesting, exciting and involving, whether you liked it or not. There was always something to learn from Peter.There are hundreds of episodes that are worth remembering, the majority of them of course are forming area related and they all lead to a passionate man that did with joy and professional proud what he was doing, and had enough energy to boost up all those that were around him.That is how Peter will be remembered.